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_ PREFACE
The Historical Records Survey Pronram operates as a series of
statewide projects in the several States in the Division of Community
Service Programs of the Work Projects Administration. This program nos
organized in Florida in 1936 under the national direction of Dr. Luther
H. Evans. On March l, 1940, Dr. Tvans left to become Director of the `
Legislative Reference Section of the Library of Congress, and was suc-
ceeded by Sargent E. Child. The Survey program includes an inventory
of state, county, municipal and church archives; of American imprints:
and of manuscript depositories and collections.
Numerous requests have been made by scholars for data from the
Austin Cary forestry collection in the University of Florida. This col-
lection was bequeathed by the late Austin Cary to Hr. Ernest W. Jones,
Superintendent, Division of Forest Engineering, Great Northern Paper
Company, Bangor, Maine, and Mr. E. S. Bryant, of Boston, Nassachusetts.
On February 25, 1937, through correspondence between the Vniversity and
Mr. Jones, the collection which had already been deposited in the libra-
ry of the School of Forestry of the College of Agriculture, Vniversity
of Florida, was formally released to the University. The Florida Fis-
torical Records Survey arranged for a worker to make the naterial avail-
able to scholars by compilinr a catalog of the papers.
In the publication "A List of the Materials in the Austin Cary
Memorial Forestry Collection in the University of *lorida" herewith
presented are shown three of the Four eroups into which the material is
separated--the Austin Cary Manuscripts and Printed Articles, Material
by Others, and Field Notes. This classification, adopted upon the
recommendation of Director S. S. Newins of the Sc*ool of Forestry fol-
lows that in use in forestry schools throuehoui the country. Filed with
the material are numerous photographs.
Corr»spondence, technical and personal, ,`.· ritt;1 and received by
Austin Cary, constitutes the fourth group, but appears in this publica-
tion only in part. Technical letters are filed in Groups I and lll:
those directly concerned with manuscripts are attached to the manuscripts
listed in Group 1. The remaining correspondence is filed in chroro-
logical order but is not herein listed.
The papers were arranged and the catalog fade by D. L. Trerscn,
under the direction of Director H. S. Nevins, of the School of Torsstry
in the College of Agriculture, Tniversity of Florida, and Dr. T. A.
Tiegler of the Forestry Faculty. Director Iewins who was well ac-
quainted with Austin Cary wrote the sketch of Lis life. The editino
was done by Dr. Louise Biles Hill and the Index was rreoared by Martha
De Swarte and Nelle King. Vinal revision was wade in the National of-
fice by Margaret Sherburne Eliot, Assistant Archivist in charge of
manuscript inventories. The University of Florida is co—sponsor with
the State Library Board in the book's publication.
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Sketch of Life or Austin Gary ............... i
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Austin Gary lanuecrlgts and lriited Articles
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Forest Qotaxy .................... l
Silviculture .................,. , l
Forest Protection .................. 2
Eorest Utilizetio; and Lnmo>rlng ........... 3
Forest Technology .................. ?
Forest Manege_>nt .·.¤ ..... . ...... . ..... l0
Forest gcononics .................. ll
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Forest Loteny .... . ............... lo
Silviculture .................... l5
Forest Protection .................. l7 _
Forest Utilization a ; Lw1c¤rLb; ........... lB
Forest Technology .................. EO
Forest Lanvpemext .................. 25
Forest Lcono ics . . ............... ¤¢
Associated Usec of Forests .............. Z9
Municipal and Recreational Forestry ......... 22
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Forest iotany ...,................ E2 ·
Silviculturr .................... EE
FG? st Trot ction .................. 55
Forest Technoloqy .................. 36
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Austin Cary was a rugged personality to the forestry ;rofession ‘
and the wood-using industries. Ee was not of large stature, nor ~as
his popularity of the hero worship type, such as the mythical "Faul
Bunyan," but he was a most dynamic person.
Born July El, l865, in East Eaohias, Maine, of a Kew England
family, his childhood was spent in the environs of a beautiful colonial
home. In the southeastern coastal region of Qaine there still prevails
the atmosphere of something exotic in those older homes and their more
modern copies — homes which have been built in the traditions of those
days when the original owners as sea captains were in reality mestsrs
of the Seven Seas. Perhaps Austin Cary as a young boy was destined to
travel afar in obtaining his rich experiences. it any rate he did travel
fer in his chosen profrssion of fsrestry, and his journ ys reached the
forests of the north, south, ani east and rest within the ?nited Qtztes, i
and he made three trips to Eurspe.
Education
At the aye of l? Cary registered at Eowioin Univ rsitv vh~r1
he obtained the A.B. Degree in lEE7, th- é,K. Tejrs; ii lf}? and the
SCD. in l922. Before receiving the g.Y. ?~rri` H· siuii*i hiilcgy I
*This sketch oi the Fife of Austin Cary is rurr;:el" tzkei almtst 1:-
tirely from his nu;er;us notes and writirrg. TL. ford; and nhraeos ’
used are largely if his origin and L; att njt is iii; here to ac-
khiwledee the sax; by q;;ttti~:s accept ®2c?Ei.;?1lT.

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_ ga at Johns Hopkins and Princeton Universities, and was an instructor in t
gi the Department of Geology and Biology at Bowdoin in l8B7-l88B. During
QY the spring term of l904 he taught at the Yale School of Forestry. i
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ts; -·.. Professor H. H. Chapman of the Yale staff writes in his obituary of V
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is Cary: , f
{hl My chief contact with him was in the spring of l904, t
¥§` when he loaned his services to the Yale School of
g" Forestry to instruct the senior class in topographic e
if? mapping at Milford, Tennsylvania. He gave to this
f*i subject a rugged vitality that characterized all of o
Bf his professional activities; one never forgot what
Qi` he tauaht. o
jay Cary has frequently referred to his original training in the r
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=bi woods of Maine where lumberiny started as a standard activity of the
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fig old New England stock and still continues so in large measure. He F
jeg has mentioned that his own uncles, in fact, were lumbermen, and that Y
3 ‘—·.`q i he could remember being in their camps before stoves were used, when b
EW} the fire for warmth and cooking was in the middle of the comp under a W
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§~; big smoke hole, while the berth and living space were under the eaves. l
QQ, He has often mentioned that so for as he can remember, he never Ol
g=E knew there was such a word or thing as forestry until the year lB92. 2‘
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Q,2 It is interesting to note here that he was then twenty—seven years of 9
Shia age. T=
i Durin· th` l‘t < c ~ r ‘ ‘ - - ~ ·-· ‘ ‘ ‘ C‘
J gt he a e yoars or his life hs becomes especially reminis-
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_tf cent oi the early days of forestry in the United States and refers with 3*
‘_‘ttr,r ,j much credit to Ur. Trenklin Eough, who sntenstss his own recollection N
5jj but whose work he studied and round to he thorongh—going, honest and J‘
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i serviceable. Vr. Heuer nre to P~rv tr» fir~t pore icuo~s renresentativ‘ O°
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yar, of the idea of forestry os ndvrcet d by the American Association for °°
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ructor in the Advencement of science in the early 70's.
iS. During Austin Cary in the devs of his first forestry experiences wes
·estry. influenced by the summary of Yetionel Forest Resources which ted pre-
;uary of viously been nede in lE8O by Professor Charles S. Seryent for the census Q
for thst year. The information which wes reported in that census for
the Stete of Maine gave Cary considerable insight because of his
earliest woods work, and on the first subsequent occasion he wrote
of the summary in rather disrespectful terms. This celled out e rebuke
on the same plane, and ne remarks in lQE5 that somehow he has never
g in the regretted the course of criticisn whicn he followel in that early dey.
tv of the Also, in l8Q2, when the first report of the newly installed
arg. H8 Forest Commissioner of the State of Heine Mss publishes, Cery reacted
and that to this publication in a critical manner because of his early forestry
lSBd’ Whgn beckground. Feveral papers hid been contributed to this report. One
Emp under 8 was written by e thoughtful timber owner who noted tre fact that 2
P th? 33VQS_ little chense in the logaing methois prevalent at the time would
ET, hg navcr obviate the destruction of inch erowine timber. Hun saw the poirt end 4
VEB? lB92_ Bcted on it. Fror than on tne rrovision succ¤st~c was inserted in all
En YQETS Of stunpeec contrects, but Cir? rcminiecrs in l936 tnet th r w,y. tkr
men of a different trpe who also contrituted gener; ti tie forest
ally T€miniS_ Commissioners Report; one wes e professor in tle ?t"t* Trivirgity;
6 Tgfgrg with Giother a retired lawyer of high cless; end tts triri, » ·;:tle;en
, if Sonswhst the sene stsncinv Wctreer tFe~ tt M ~·¤rt·? tn. ¤¤=¤>~; I
honest and of tinberlends int; grivzte o<1er:Qir: .·.e tls? iniirto tret tk= ?tit>
representative ouent not to overcni the yearly gr;vth ef tinker is ti·r telievéi it
:iEtiOn TOT was already doinr; tre gnestign was r;i;e* vietr~r the puly and rarer

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. Q} industry, just than beginning to compete strongly with sewmills for A
§_ timber, would be of benefit to the stete; the employment of porteble T
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§. mills wes deprecated! After forty-four yeers, Dr. Cary reviews ogsin W
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tl this situetion in support of the more procticel rather then the theo- U
?} reticel enalysis of the problem. l_
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F; Fernow Inspires Cery
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§,~ Heving been brought up close to the lumber and the woods, the
gg, idea of forestry when he wot it enpeoled to him; it seemed thet there
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h¤. ought to be something for him end for Heine in it. Dr. R. T. Fernow,
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Ag who wes then in charge of the Bureeu of Forestry nt washington, helned
at oi
?Q Cery in l892 to get started; end it sc happened that e very smell
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gp stete epproprietion wes eveileble which he worked cut. Cory wes then
QQ occupied cs e surveyor end investigator, mostly in Heine, but else
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,,“ie‘* i elsewhere, including a field study in Michigan and Wisconsin during
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gm the winter of lB95 when he wes occupied in gothering pine stem
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¥$t enelyses dete for Ferncw's Bureeu of Forestry.
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QQ; In l956 he speaks oi these early experiences and interestingly
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fg, refers to the winter of l895—94 in Heine when he ron ocross a single
QQ so
§_, old decrepit pine of large diameter end towering above the surrounding
Qf* of
&; woods, with thin crown, ond on its lest legs evidently. There wes no
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gf. wey to prove it, he remarks, but the inierence was strong that the stand
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gy; ebout it wes the end product of e course oi events similer to that
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€§» eerlier depicted.
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{Oy Androscopgin Rivcr, vritin; up results for tha stats ltnj q¤~;3;·
table rsport of tha next yssr. This gavc him standing. In particular this
again work appcslsd to the two big conccrns in Mains at that tina, namely,
E ghgo- tha nsw International Fapsr Comcany and tha Psrlin ¥iTls Conpany, tha
lsttsr haadad by Mr. W. W. Brown with 2 mill st E rlin, and which
Company is now thc Brown Company.‘ In IES? he wss offered thc chance
to take scrvicc ss forcstar by both the Int rnstional Papsr and the
5, the?
Bsrlin Mills Company. Ha choss tha latter, as having batter and mors
t thsrc
compact propcrty snd as run by man of somswhnt his own ara and cltss.
Farnow, _ _ _ _ _
In this TEQQTG hs mas ths first Amsriccn forest2r to ussurs a raltticn
3 h€1‘C7*9d I · ~
’ of anything liks that kind, and ns has fraqusntly remarked that if ivy
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crsdit attcchss to that na wishes tha Company to share it.
was thsn _ _
Ons main branch of his job when hs began this work was to cir-
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culats round through the camp ir the cutting sasson to ssa that tha
during _ _ _
timbar was wsil picksd np; also, thst the lard was out conssrvrtivsly.
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as tslls c story which tnrrs an the ;¢ct that tor 2 ccnsiccrsbls tina
ths Company cut too csnssrvitiv ly in pl ca? and had Q loss fron it.
rsstingly . .,r . . . . l
° Ha msntions that hs nsvar will icrgst tha circurstsncss mnsn after lonr
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soaking rains in Dccaiosr oi l9OO s his ril> casa in inc claw down lots
urrounding _ _ _ _ _ _
of timbsr. hs was in the woods at tho tina, n tri the tracs crsckiny
arc was no _ __
cs they want ovar, vnd hs wss survly sich ancugh. Test ms; wvuld have
rat tha stand _ I _7 _p <_ ' · _ A U ` _ _
quit tds goo ir they qidn t rst fires. ns s;vn as it quiats; cir; sc
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“ a man could trsvsl, hs lniksd the country over t; sea_n:x thinrs vers,
Rnd Wham Mr. Brown cams into tha ~ogis nant Cary v"? raid? fir hit. It
was Brcwn's none" lying ;h the rrsuni, and this is what Brow: said ffter `
ant nn th; fbi? kid t lkad things wvcr; "I ftsl that rs vars risht in ;ur xii;
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pilicy in spits :5 this; and we are 3:ing it with it. Ii vc h=¢> isis ·

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QL rny mistzka wa shan’t maka tha same nistaka again." lt took Cary a
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hy lon; time to sizs that up in all its bearings, but you can ssa at a
l ?V glance that it was staying with tha man; and Cary stayai with him, too,
@° as long as tharo was any point to it. Hs r harhs furthor that phYsical
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TQ? russodnass, sf osursa, wont along with tha pama whan one was raaiy for
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yy any hardship. he ramarkad than that psrhaps 25 years iron his prssant
thi time it wvn't ba baliavai that thara avor wars such man as tha old Naw
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§;Q England and Laka Qtatas lumhsrman.
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gfx His ssrvica with tha Barlin [ills Company lasted for six years,
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Q;¥ and in ssarching for a singls word to charaotarizs it tha ono which
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Ca occurrsd to him was "concantratsd."
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ti} During his ssrvicas for tha Company hs survsyao, mappad and
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til cruissd thass arsas togathar with other of tha Company lands, amountinc
si gd
if in all to soma l50,000 acras. lis smplorinn was dona mostly alona.
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,;§ Escausa of tha Magslloway drainage this job was rafarrsd to as tho
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rf Magalloway work, and upon a raturn trip a year or two latsr, Cory _
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ft climbed Bump Mountain to sos what night ha harpaninc in tha territory. b
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gy} Pa writss in his notss that tha naar country clainod attontion first;
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i ·_ ;Jt latar his ayas turnao iarthar away, and among othar things ha rscognizad Y
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Q,~ off to tha south and aast an outlina that could be nothing also than f
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’ f Dear iountain. Ea remarks that tha air may not heva hasn clear; at
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if any rata it loohsd awfully far an y; and than this thonsht came to his
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qt.; mind: "For Cod ' s sikta, have I hasn all ovar that territory nappsd _
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`i ovary riora and brook, not into svarr plug hola, hasn vithir forty rods
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fR of avery spot on it?" Tor the nomhnt it iid not sito sosaihla to hi¤ hq,
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tary 9 Camp Fellowship with Professor_n. D. Hopkins
>at 9 . .. .
'i Further in his recollections he refers to nis work et Coburn
him’ tT®° Gore on the boundary north of the Rengcley Lek; system where there
h phygical occurred 2 serious infestation of bark beetles which in his time were
Fgaiy fir doing materiel demege within the territory of his work. His first
S prggent contect with these beetles come in l€Q7, while cruising on the l
LQ Old NEW Connecticut River. Comin? to the Androscorgin the next year, he
·» found them there, too. In foot, they were doin; serious dnmege in e
5iX Y@3TS’ couple of lerge vslleys. The Comneny salvaged e lot >f that timber
9 which end reduced the bug populotion st the same time throunh the essistsnce
of Professor A. D. Hopkins, en suthority on forest insects in this
€@ and country. Hopkins cine et the request of the Cwzpuny ‘·s, to lesrn and
2, ¤m¤¤¤li¤? advise whnt might be of service. Dr. Cary lzter renirks thet he found
I ¤lO¤€· Hopkins to be o pretty coed sport, end that for ¤ nert of the time he
@5 the wes there the two trcvelled the territory {ith S peck eriece, storpins
, CQTY nights et old loosing coins, etc. Corr showed hit the first porcupine
T?TTitOTY‘ he ever sew, end also the first be ve: works. Hopkins wes more or less
lion first; e botenist es well es e bus expert, and becene interested in the P
h% T€CO€niZ%d cherecters of the different spruces. ?inelly Cory thouskt he sew sirns
else then of en intention to publish or the subject which would edd further to
zleorg et the confusion existine in respect to scientific nemes. Cary made him
CRW? YO his promise not to do it, threetenins, in the event he refuse}, to get him
~, meppéd into the nearby Cupsustic flats, lose him, and leeve hix there.
cir fort? TOdS lhile occupied in the employ of the Eerlin {ills Comreny, Cert
;ghle to him node e visit in the sprins of 1QiO to the Tisseh Torest in “orth ·
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ig tion of the Forest wes then under the direction of Dr. Cerl A. Sohenck.
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2% Schcnck wes 2 treined Hessian forester who come ti this country in l895
Q to essume the management of Mr. Cooroe Venderhilt's forest estete in
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E" Forth Caroline, succeeding Mr. Gifford Pinchot, who had sterted the
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;» work. Cory remeraed thst with ell his odmireble odeptobility, Dr.
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éy. Schenck wes in many wsys e high clessed Germen still. This wes shown
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ih' portioulerly in his treatment of lebor, end Cory wes of the opinion
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{gf thit any men in the Heine woods who would talk to woodsmen os Dr.
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y? Schench did would cet his "hesd creched on the spot." North Ceroliniens
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[f[ took it differently; they ley low, end took out their grud